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- 9 - the President that Braden would be able to remain in the Department at least until after this Argentine situation had been arranged. I felt that this was in our best interest for many reasons as well as for his own. So far as I am concerned, I have kept Spruille informed of every- thing that I am doing and I do not think that any Chief of Mission in the American Republics has endeavored to to collaborate with the Assistant Secretary in charge of American Republics Affairs more thoroughly than I haw. I doubt is any more complete information concerning de- velopments has come to the Department from any country in the Americas than from here. So far as I am concerned I have no quarrels and no differences whatever with him, but he seems to be taking a personal attitude in this matter and that is something which cannot be done by any officer of the Department. I am writing you this letter because I accepted this mission at your request and that of the President and because there was a job to be done which I felt could be done. I am on the way to doing this job and we are more than half way. I cannot, however, work against all the obstacles which I have to contend with and carry through this job if the attitude of the Department is not going to be completely constructive and equitable. I am absolute- ly confident that I understand the President's views and yours in this matter and I am absolutely confident that I am going to have your support. That is the only reason why I accepted the mission and why I remain on it. It is because I know the job is so important/ and that if we fail to take this opportunity which we have we will not have it again for years and that is a risk which we can- not take. Spruille seems to miss this point entirely. I am just as much attached to principle as he is. I am, however, trying to reach a constructive and realistic solution and am not trying to ask the Argentine to do things which others of the American Republics have not done and will not do. In the matter of ratification of the Acts of Mexico City and San Francisco and in the mat- ter of Axis schools and instritutions the Argentine has adequately and fully complied. In the matter of enemy property and aliens they are hard at workdand they have obstacles which are tremendous and which I have tried to make clear to the Department, but they will be overcome and I am satisfied that we will end with a program of performance which will be equal to if not better than that of any one of the other American Republics. In your ARCHIVES THATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" to

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